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i think that the noiseis one of my lifters but you can really hear it under the car. you can really hear it when another car is next to me. i had a friend check and he said the noise was coming from the number 2 cyl. i just got the oil changed and i keep hearing people say put some lucas in it. well i dont want just a temporary fix i would rather know for sure what it is. i first noticed it a few months after i changed my headers and just assumed it was an exhaust leak so i put it in storage waiting for the winter to end. now i brought it out and the tick noise seems louder. the car has 72k miles on it. can anyone help me figure this out. i have read on other threads and get alot of different answers so i was hoping that my video would help me out.
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ive got the same damn noise after heads/cam. I put new ls7 lifters in, and new gm header gaskets on. I just got done taking the valve covers back off to check for a loose rocker, which it wasnt, also tried to push down each rocker on the pushrod side, and couldnt, which tells me that a lifter isnt collapsed. I also tightened down the header bolts more, and it seemed to go away a hair, but its still there. Doesnt sound as loud as yours, but you can def. notice it. Driving me nuts!
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ive got the same damn noise after heads/cam. I put new ls7 lifters in, and new gm header gaskets on. I just got done taking the valve covers back off to check for a loose rocker, which it wasnt, also tried to push down each rocker on the pushrod side, and couldnt, which tells me that a lifter isnt collapsed. I also tightened down the header bolts more, and it seemed to go away a hair, but its still there. Doesnt sound as loud as yours, but you can def. notice it. Driving me nuts!
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ID check the pushrods,make sure all the header bolts are tight,and if you happened to change your spark plugs during or after the header install re torque them down..My car had 2 tick bent pushrods and a loose sparkplug
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my car did the same thing after changing heads and cam, had to put new lifters in. Noise went away, but then it came back just not as loud, went with a thicker oil and that has helped it!
Keep me posted on the Sea foam...thought about doing that also!
Keep me posted on the Sea foam...thought about doing that also!